David A. Johns received the B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, ON, Canada, in 1980, 1983, and 1989, respectively. In 1988, he was hired at the University of Toronto where he is currently a Full Professor. He has on-going research programs in the general area of analog integrated circuits. His research work has resulted in more than 80 publications as well as the 1999 IEEE Darlington Award. Together with academic experience, he also has spent a number of years in the semiconductor industry and was a co-founder of a successful IP company called Snowbush Microelectronics. Dr. Johns served as a guest editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits and an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems as well as being a member of the SSCS Adcom from 2002 to 2008.